Anna Kendrick has said that she has a new appreciation for sex doll owners after filming with one.
The 34-year-old got up close and personal with a sex doll while filming Dummy. In the movie, she plays an aspiring writer who befriends her boyfriend's sex doll.
This friendship came at the suggestion of Kendrick's character's therapist who said that she should befriend "Barbara" after feeling like her boyfriend had cheated on her with the doll.
Watch the trailer for Dummy below:In an interview with GMA Network, the actress opened up about Love Life, which is her new romantic comedy TV anthology, and explained how the movie Dummy gave her a new-found appreciation for sex doll owners.
She said: "Well, I think during Dummy - which is about a sex doll for those who don't know - it did give me a new appreciation for people who are owners of sex dolls.''
"Because it turns out that a sex doll is really heavy-lifting, way heavier than you think it's going to be. So, I feel like there's a level of commitment there to the people who enjoy sex dolls. No judgment here. So, I tip my cap to those people."
Kendrick also revealed that Dummy's director Tricia Brock directed one of the episodes she stars in on Love Life, and it opens with her character using a sex toy.
"So, I was like, Tricia, you just like to have me doing something gross every time we work together," she said.
The actress then said while she wasn't totally keen on having to do "gross" stuff on camera, she was grateful to have worked with such "talented" people while filming "nerve-wracking" scenes.
"I was very grateful that every person that Darby dates on the show is like such a class act, such a good actor, such a professional," she said. "Because it was definitely weird to know we're going to meet, and then immediately start filming. And within a week, we are going to be in bed pretending to have sex."
